NEW APPROVAL NUMBERS ON THE PRESIDENT!

[billthecop]

The newest approve/disaprove numbers show Bush with a 51% approval rating. This is the same approval number Clinton had on this date in 96' and about the same Reagan had when he was running for reelection. A side note, no president has ever lost a re-election bid when his approval rating was over 50% in middle August! Yeah, that's right, Kerry's dead in the water (tag the toe)!

 

[bblight]

Good news Bill.

Hey wil, where's your cut and paste on this one?

 

[wilheim]

Blight I defy either one of you to proove that "no president has ever lost a re-election bid when his approval rating was over 50% in middle August!".

I see a little different qoute from Bloomberg:

Fifty percent is a significant threshold for an incumbent president. The last five presidents who won second terms -- Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Dwight Eisenhower -- had approval ratings above 50 percent in June of their re-election years, according to a Gallup analysis.


Doesn't say anything about August or any president ever, I could be wrong, let me know.


wil.

 

[wilheim]

I even give you a link to the Gallup Poll.

Gallup

 

[jimbutorac]

It's like the old Led Zeppelin song, Bush will be "Swingin' from the Gallup Poll".

Er, "gallows pole" - my bad.

 

[billthecop]

Hey Wil, got my info from the most reliable source, FOX NEWS, quoting Gallups historical data (it was a gallup poll). June, August, what's the diff., it's still tag the toe!

 

[wilheim]

Bill, thats what I figured, a bit of creative posting. No problem, like I said in the past, good luck to ya.


wil.

 

[billthecop]

Hey, good luck to you too (I've got 2 pretty good middles going tonight, believe it or not they take precedence over politics right now)!

 

[ChuckSims]

Fox News reported that? It must be true!! I was watching "Crossfire" on CNN when a guest quoted a poll showing Bush ahead of Kerry by 7% points. The co-host said, "Who did that poll"?. The guest said, "Fox News". The audience of about 100 people busted out laughing.

 

[Oren1]

you've also got people saying that Kerry is gaining ground in the "battleground" states, which to me is more important than Bush's approval rating.

 

[billthecop]

Now just a cotton-picken minute Wil. There was no "creative posting" on my part. Mort Kontraki(sp), a southpaw himself, reported the Gallup poll on Bushs approval rating and went on to say "that a sitting president NEVER lost a re-election when he had an approval rating over 50% in August". I'm sure a few million others saw the telecast and can verify (it was that panel segment of the Brett Hume show).

 

[codeworks]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bill the cop:
Now just a cotton-picken minute Wil. There was no "creative posting" on my part. Mort Kontraki(sp), a southpaw himself, reported the Gallup poll on Bushs approval rating and went on to say "that a sitting president NEVER lost a re-election when he had an approval rating over 50% in August". I'm sure a few million others saw the telecast and can verify (it was that panel segment of the Brett Hume show). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If thats the case maybe Pinny and other books should jack their election line to -1000 Bush !